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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-05-14

OlIvxB DALRY1RI1, the bonanza
farmer Of Dakota VII this spring put
n 81, 600 acres Of wheak In his opinion
Dakota viii nsxt fall give TO the world
: bulk Of wheat that win surprise the
widest speculatc9a
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-05-14
Children Half Price.

An Austin gentleman, who had lost
one Of his children, was presented with
. bill BY the doctor.
II see by your bill that you charge
$40 for ten visits while you were keat-
ing my child, he remarked.
SCertainly, - il the usual price for Q
WHIT, = responded the doctor.
sYes, but man alive The child wae
under 10 years Of age. ] could hsvs
rot her into : oircus Tor half pricsls-
Texas 6it5jssgs.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-05-14
HE uxDxM EYx

1HE AEDxAH EYE
Il has long been puzzle TO- those
who trouble themselves to find . rational
explanation for traditions how they
originated the idea Of race Of monster
men with one single eye in the center
of the forehead. For this widely-spread
tradition no satisfactory rational sx-
PLANTATION has been offered. II was,
however, passingly alluded TO In .
lecture by Mr.. Baldwin Spencer, Of
the royal institution on "The Pinsal
Eye in Lizards" and, though the d.
fusion cannot readily be converted into
an explanation, it. affords ground for
curious speculation. Deeply seated In
the human brain there Is blunt "pro-
cess" known as the pineal gland. I'm
like the rest of the brain, IL Is hardened
by kind of chalky deposit, and it's
significance and function have long
been puzzle to anatomists. One Of
the most celebrated speculations re-
speeding it is that of Descartes, who
suggested it might be the seat Of the
soul Recent research, enlarged by
studies in comparative embryology,
have throw fresh light on its signii-
canoe. No vertebrate is without it, and
in different genera there is much differ
ence in the extent of it's development.
Throughout the Lacertilia it is much
prolonged, and in some it ends ex-
ternally in an eye with well-marked
lens and retina, which lie just within
an aperture of the skull known as the
parietal foramen. Whether in lizards
this is in any way an organ of actual
vision is doubtful. The eye is covered
by scale, very different, however.
from the surrounding scales; but even
when this is sufficiently thin to be trans
lucent, it is improbable the eye is of
any real service. The point of interest.
however, is that structurally the eye is
there, even if functionally it is value
less. In many forms lower than the
vertebrates this medium eye is met
with, sometimes as the sole organ of
vision throughout life, sometimes sup
plemented by paired eyes after pass
ing from the embryonic to the adult
state, and there are cases in which after
the paired eyes are developed the
medium eye is lost. From the relatively
large size of the parietal foramen in
some of the huge fossil reptilia there is
little doubt they had effective median
eye. In living forms which have been
studied this eye is always at the end of
prolongation of that part of the brain
which, differing in length in other
vertebrates, is the short and blunt
pineal gland in man. In the language
of embryologists, man has either an
undeveloped or a degenerate gland
which elsewhere is developed into q
median eye with lens and retina, and
the essentials of what we call an ordi-
nary eye. Whether this fact has any
real connection with the old Greek and
still existing oriental traditions or not
can be only matter of conjecture
St. James Gazette.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-05-14
Not In Style.

IT has come at last. Fashion having
exhausted every detail of life has
turned its attention to funerals.
"Poor, dear Mrs. -! Wasn't It
sad?"
lawfully sad I was quite shocked. p
$50 was TERRIBLY shocked. It was
so sudden. you know"
"It wasn't that that shocked me 90
much. But she was buried ell out Of
style"
"How? What do you mean?"
"Its all out of style to have flowers at
funeral now, and the coffin was COM
pletely covered with them" = San
Francisco Chronicle
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-05-14

sleet.
Poor May, she was heart broken. One
year had changed her from beautiful wo-
man and happy wife to castaway. She
had come to the cid house tonight, drawn
by an irresistible impulse, just to see the
place where her happiest days had been
passed and then to 90 away and die.
And now the longing was upon her,
stronger than ever, to resume her old posi-.
ton as wife and mistress.
Why was she outside? Why was she not
in that sick-room, nursing her husband
doing for him those many things which
strangers, however kind, never think Of?
Heart-broken and sad, she had no pride;
she almost forgot that Paul had sent her
away with curse, and, to regain her old
begged his forgiveness on Bonded knee for
the lie which, in her embarrassment. she
had told him about her purse.
She knew that Paul must be yerv sick.
but h01 sick she never suspected. or she
might have entered the house unbidden.
As it was she only leaned her head to the
side of the cold wall and sobbed.
She was near the well-rememberd room.
where Paul had asked her to be his wife.
Some one was in there now. She looked
in. It was only Hannah, the Lawrence's
old negro nurse, and she was down upon
her knees-praying.
Poor Hannah, she was . faithful old
servant good and true % steel. Like
most negroes, she Was religious. even
though her religion was not very intelligent
to herself or others. And shs Was pray.
ing
sOh, good Lord, bring back do peor
missus. Let her cone bona, dear Lord,
an comfort Mars Paul. Do, good Lord
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-05-14

The President is preparing for his
summer programme. Could he follow
his own inclinatians he would doubtless
20 into the Adirondack wilderness and
devote his time to fishing. But Mrs.
Cleveland is anxious to see the great
West and is impressed with the desir-
ability of having her husband cross the
Mississippi River, which he has never
done. It is pretty well determined that
he will 60 to St Louis, and perhaps
extend his trip across the continent
returning by way Of Iowa and Wis
consin.
LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL gomR
from Sicily 70 Italy escaped ten days'
quarantine by hiring boatman to take
him across the straits and land him n
an out-of-the-wsy place where he could
escape the notice Of the coast guard.
Then Lord Randolph had 70 tramp m
Land for half : day before - could ind
) villaGe ard hire eoaveyanea
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-05-14

THE British soldiers in South Africa
say that the inhabitants of the Trans.
vaal are "awful Beers"
Omaha daily bee., 1887-09-15
REUNION ECHOES
One of the Gallant Boys who
Wore the Blue
And Heard the WhsiIing Shot and Shell
Through the Second ELL Run and
Antietam.

Among the many gallant G. A. r.. boys who
enjoyed the reunion held in Omaha during tho
past week none have seen more hot lighting
tnan the subject of the following sketch, Mr..
No SlS South Eighteenth street, enlisted mt
Watortown, N. Y, for two years. After sery-
ing tht time ho returned home, where he
guletly remained for about three months. In
fought. which fired Mr.. Palmer with so much
patriotism that he again enlisted, this time for
three years He then served until tho army
was finally mustered out He fought in tho
numerous other fights in which his regimont
was engaged In the Bull Run fight MIR
falmer saw mis- comrades on either side and In
front or him fa but himself escaped the
To reporter Mr.. Palmer remarked: az was
pfetty lucky IN one way during my soldering,
thnt Is IN escaping getting wounded; but In an
other way was not so fortunate. In lying
projection. and very often not that much.
contracted numerous severe colds which grad
ually turned into a bad case of catarrh suf.
fered with this catarrh for about twenty yoars,
in the morning with my head all stopped up
and my breath 30 offensive that could scarce.
ly stand the odor of 1t. / would hawk and spit
all day and have continual roaring or buzzng
have head splitting headache above my eyes,
and, in short, l would foel so miserable that I
could scarcely go to my work. lost flesh until
only weighed about l23 pounds l doctored
good. While suffering this way noticed the
advertisements of Drs. Mccoy & Henry, and
immediatly called on them at their offices In tho
Range block They placed me under treat
have no more headaches. my hearing is greatly
improved, my head Is clear, | have gained Ave
pounds in weight in three weeks, and feel bot
ter to-day than have in three years"
Omaha daily bee., 1887-09-15
LEADS TO CONSUMPTION.
INTERESTING EVIDENCE OF A CONDITION NOT TO
BE THRILLED WITH.

INTERESTING EVIDENCE OF A CONDITION NOT TO
BE THRILLED WITH.
When catarrh has existed in the head and the
upper part of the throat for any length of time
--tre patient living in district where people
are subject to catarrhal aiiectiOn-and tho dis
ease has been lcft uncured, the catarrh invari-
ably, sometimes slowly. extends down tho
wndplpe and into the bronchial tubes, which
tubes convey the AR to the different parts OF
the lungs. The tubes become affected from
catarrh, and, in some instances, become plugged
up. so that the air cannot get in as freely as it
should. Shortness of breath follows, and the
patient breathes with labor and difficulty.
and Wheeling inside the chest. At this stage of
the disease the breathing Is usually more rapid
than when in health Tho patient has also hot
dashtS over his body
The pain which accompanies this conditions is
of a duh character, felt in the chest, behind the
breast bone, or under the shoulder blade. Tho
pain may come and gO--ast few days and then
be absent for several others. The cough that
occurs in the first stages OF bronchial catarrh 10
dry, comes on mt intervals, hacking in charac.
morning on rising or going to bed at night and
it may be in the first evidence of the disease OK
tending into tho lungs.
Sometimes there are hts of coughing induced
by the tough mucus so violent rs to cause yom-
ting Later on the mucus that is raised, IL
found to contain small particles OF yellow mat
ter, which indicates that the email tubes In the
lungs are now affected. with TINS there are
often streaks of blood mixed with the mucus.
In some cases the patient becomes very pale,
has fever, and eXpectorates before any cough
appears.
In some cases smal masses of cheesv sub
tween the fingers, emit bad odor. In other
cases, particles of hard, chalky nature are
spit up The raising OF Cheesy or chalky Jumps
Indicate serious mishief at work in the lungs.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-09-15
A TRUE LIE.
A Man who sees Wolves In Omaha's
Suburban "Taucly MaRe."


1t will probably jbeya severe tax on the
crednlity of most people to hear that
within four miles of this noisy, bustling,
thriving city, with itst1O0,C 600 inhabitants,
that the yaups of 'the prairie wolf yet
make night hideous and that beaver
and otter and mink still abound in con-
siderable numbers But such is the case.
Patrick McCardle informed BEE re-
porter that prairie wolves are extremely
numerous about jhisi country place. a
trifle over four miles from the city limits,
and every night they can be heard bark
ing and bowling by the inmates of his
house. In the day time they remain hid
den within the tangly mazes OF dense
growth OF underbrush that lies adjacent
to his farm, but as soon as the shades OF
night settle down they come forth and
till the air with the melody Of their jaws.
Mr.. MCCARTHY added what Is still more
remarkable, that beaver and otter, too,
both exist and flourish there in surprising
plentifulness. He says that he can show
anyone, with curiosity enough to ride out
to his place, where the beavers are at
work now in constructing q dam across a
little stream that purls and curls through
his farm, where they have felled the
young cotton woods with their knife-l like
teeth and rolled them down the slanting
banks into the water. Along this rivulet,
where the banks are steep and rocky, are
also several other dens. and their
slides" and runways are frequent &C.
Currance
Omaha daily bee., 1887-09-15
REAL ESTATE.
Transfers Filed September 13, 1887

Jacob f Markell to Larmon = Prnyn,
lots 9 and 3, Joestin' sub-diy of lots
l and 9, blk Is, in Shinn's add, W $1,000
M Carter lots and 3, Joestn's sub
div Of lots and 2, blk l5, in Shinn's
add, W d NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 5000
Martin Quick and wife to Charles +
Goodman, lot 9, blk 40, and lot 16,
blk 4S0, in city of Grand View, wd GOO
George IL Fitchett and wife to Samuel
Cotner, lot ., blk l. OF COtner &
Archer's add, W d..........,......... 500
Henry Amber ct al to George M
James, n11 Of blk IL, Amber Place,
John f Fiack to the Public, the streets
and alleys in Flack's subdivision of
lots and in Paramount Place, plat.
John w Neal to James u Stoner, 24X
35 feet Of lot 10 blk l, in G +
Mayne's First add to town of Val ooo
c f. f Mayne and and wife to john W Neal,
24x35 feet of lot IL blk 1, in 9 T.
Mayne's First add to town of Val 80.
Herman @ an Kountze and wife to Henry
Hart Hartman; lot lS blk H. Konntze ON
Edthe Ii Corbett and husband to Eli.
zabeth M Finney, n 4 of sec II, l6, :,
rSsasd gsastI 4 Reed and wjfs 10 NJ Sears
lot 3, block Z, Shulls I'd add, d.. 1
M r Sears to Mrs Mary Reed, lot 3,
block 7, Shups I'd add, W d.. 5
Dayid Mount and wife to the
Kountze Memorial Evangelical Luth-
eran church, of Omaha, Il of lot
6. block 130, Observation-Disclosures.
DIETRICH Olsen aud wife to the K0untze
Memorial Evangelical Lutheran
church, of Omaha, 125x297 feet of
lot 4, block 5, Cunningham's subdi-
vision, deed. d............,............. l
Anna Riley and husband to Thomas
Wood. lot 8, block s, West End d $500
Otis II Ballou ct al to q w Besley.lots
/. 9, g. and B. block |, and lots l, =,
3, and A, block 2 of Everett Place W d 4,500
Henry b st John ana wife to John l.
McCague an und y interest in Vas =,
Henry s4n yisfs s. ohm and wife to William
R Homan, an und a of Il of ne4
of 3 W 4, GA, l3 e, q G d...:,:.. 49,.
Henry Hartmann to Fred lselin und
Il interest in lot IS, block Il, ll,Kountze
Julanc ' Olsen ard husband to ''
Frank Wasserman, lot6, blk l931,
IN city or Omaha, " dy...,;....... 10000
al, lot 5, blk 4, BrookliJe, '..... 437.5o
| Daniel Kendall and Wife to Timothy
Conway, lots and e,tblks' Kendall's ~,
OTIS ii BaIloa ct al to Robert W iireeg
Z, and lot 9, blk 8. Amblrr Place, and
lot T. blk |, and lota blk 4. Everett ~,
Frederick Lindhorst and,Wife 70 Carl
Sachs ct al, M of lot 6blk 5,Shinn's
add, W d.. ...... ............... 2,15O
Hall, lots 10, II and Ne blk *" in
rsa.u Lows,s " add' W d.rvY RcIdnc iois
10, II and l2 blk TX, ip loves add,
Alice Gertrude Howard and husband
to Geo l. Redman, Wa of sw14 OF l5-
l6-l2 east,w d.. 1000
Twenty-nine transfers, aggregating .S66, sos
Omaha daily bee., 1887-09-15
INDECENT PRINTERS.
The Systematic Mrnner Employed to
Build Them a Home.

The Systematic Mrnner Employed to
Build Them Home.
Two years ago Messrs. Anthony Drexel
and George w. Childs, of Philadelphia,
sent to the International Typographical
Union 1heir JOINT check for $4,000 as a
free and unconditional gift. The dispo-
stion Of this sum has given the union a
subject for consideration, and among
other suggestions the plan Of building
home tor INDECENT and broken down
printers has been mooted. Meanwhile
the money has been deposited and added
to from time to time. The method Of
raising means for this purpose was for
each printer, on a certain day, to donate
to the fund his earnings on 900 of type.
Last year the proceeds from this work
amounted to over $4,000. which was de-
posted with the $4,000 donated.
The printers east of the Mississippi
set their thousand on MIR. Childs birth
day, which occurs sometime In May,
and those west Of the Mississippi river on
the birthday of Mr.. Drexel. That ami
versary occurred Tuesday and in accord
ance with the understanding all western
typos set their 1000 ems. The result of
this work as also that of the printers eass
of the Mississippi, this year, will reach
the sum, possibly, of $4,000, which will
swell the entire sum already deposited to
$2S,000. The proceeds of the Omaha
printers work will reach about 800.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-09-15
SNEEZING CATARRH.
Whdt 1t Means, Hon. 1t acts, and
IHat IL Is.

You sneeze when you get up in the morning.
you try to sneeZe your nose Off every time you
are exposed to the least draft of air. You have
n fullness over the front of the forehead, and
the nose feels as if there was plug in each
nostrii which you cannot dislodge, You blow
your nose until your ears crack, but II don't do
any good, and the only result is that you sue
ceed in getting up very red nose, and you so
irrItate the lining membrane OF that organ
that you are unable to breathe through 1t ut all.
This is II correct and not overdrawn picture of
an acute attack of catarrh, or "Sneezing
Catarrh'' as 1t is called.
Now, what does this condition indicate2 First,
n cold that causes mucus to be poured out by
the glands In the nose; then those diseased
glands are attacked by swarIns of little germs
tho catarrh germ-that float in the air in
locality where tho disease is prevalent. These
anima!culae. in their efforts to find lodgment,
irritate the sensitive membrane lining the nose
ana nature undertakes to rid herself of them
by producing u fit of sneeZing
When the nose becomes filled with thickened
and diseased mucus the natural channels for
the introduction of air into the lungs s inter-
Tered with, and the person so eficted must
breathe through the mouth, and by such
means the throat becomes parched and dry.
snoring is produced, and then the catarrhal
disease gains ready access to the throat and
lungs
Omaha daily bee., 1887-09-15
Trjukets for Dudes,

New York Herald: A multitude of
triukets, some of them bearing an ap.
pearance of utility, have recently ap-
peared in the jewellers stores, and show
the luxurious tastes of men of to-day.
Among these is a pocket pencil costing
$3.50. This IS set along the
length of the handle with four rows Of
jewel,ed pocketknife that costs $40 is set
with ruby and sapphire on one side
and ruby and n diamond on the other.
For $43 the purchaser can obtain knife
with heavy gold handle in raised work
with rococo finish, or a golden handle
worked in imitation of allga or SKIN.
Novel styles in matchhoNes in gold and
silver are specially fancied. A match
box in rough gold, and having the form
upper surface set with rubies, diamonds
and sapphires, cost $50; the same price
is paid for matchbox in silver chased
with lilies of the valley, and oxidized. A
more simple style with satin finish and
gold inlaid is SEQ.
For cigar cutter in gold, with dia-
monds, sapphires and rubies, buyer
draws his check for $50. Cigarette boxes
in silver and etched cost $l5. Handsome
vuently in silver, finely etched. One of
these. costing $45. shows beautifully
executed design of wild geese.
Inkstand, with repousse silver top. are
purchased for $50. A key ring in the
form of wishbono or coiled rope
costs $15. An ivory paper cutter, with
the handle colored in varying brown
tints with fire and acid and finished with
wrought silver clamp. is obtained for
$24. Pocket corkscrews, etched with
apple blossoms and oxydized. are 49, so,
and little gold lined stamp boxes, dec
Grated with etchings, are SO.
The masculine fancy in jewelry is
seldom represented in the use of brace
lets, although one young man was re-
Gently seen shopping with this form of
adornment on both wrists. Enamel
studs in dark or light blue, white, pink
or other color, centered by a jewel speck,
are an approved form of their class.
Frequently, with or without the diamond,
the surface Is frosted by clusters of min
ute gold dots, arranged to suggest min
iature forget me.nots. Linked studs for
cuffs are sometimes in closonne of
square, round or oval shape, and plat
mum decoration on a gold mat back
ground is among the latest fancies. The
diamond collar button in constant wear,
costing sometimes 500, is in PLAIN Eng
liSh setting,
Omaha daily bee., 1887-09-15

in the country and kept so long in cap
tivity. The agents would have found it
out long ago. Besides the idea of him
being compelled to marry an Indian
princess, as he said in his first story, is
too absurd for anything. Indian prin-
cesses are not so thick in reality as they
are in the works of Fenimore Cooper.
ually extinguished. So many white men
have been captured by the savages and
compelled to marry Pocahontases to
save and prolong their lives, that the
breed of princesses has suffered terribly.
No Dakotan can swallow a single bite of
his story. Deadwood is not the place
for Ogallallahs to make raids upon,
nor was II twelve years ago. The
only animal that ever ever succeeded se,;5i
in Deadwood was the tiger. That Amer
lean beast has been known to come into
Deadwood after nightfall and capture
whole sections, quarter sections and
townsites before leaving. But families
were not separated by tho beast, nor
were they kept in Babylonish captivity,
like the twelve tribes. Beck is fraud"
The same gentleman added Beck
heard that his original wife was in easy
Indian Office could find her. He believed
that she would like to find her Enoch
Arden and support him for the remainder
of his days. His squaw, the red one, is
getting old and cannot support him, and
he is willing to be taken care Of. 1t is
believed he deliberately deserted wife
and two children and took up with
squaw, and that is all the foundation
there is for his tale of captivity and woe.
The red woman is probably we'll rid OF
him, and the white woman is not seeking
him. Beck will have to go back to his
suuawS
Omaha daily bee., 1887-09-15
BECK is A CHESTNUT.
The Romance Knocked Ont OF His
Story by the Records.

Washington special TO the st. Paul
Globe: The following item of alleged
news has been circulated throughout
the country by the associated press. 1t
is but slender and gauzy element of
romance. A few weeks ago the New
York papers published upwards of n
half a column concerning the poor old
man, bereft of wife,. home, happiness.
Only because of the dcarth of real news
was this matter gwen such prominence.
Later, about ten days ago, an enterpriS-
ing correspondent, who had not originally
caught on, gave it To the world again.
Here is the abbreviated form of the cpl
demic:
William Beck, formerly of Philadelphia is
here asking the government to search for his
wife and child, who were captured with him
self, he says, by Ogallallah Sioux at Dead
wood twelve years ago. He says he was sep
arated from them and never saw them and
that he had been prisoner with the Indians
since, until recently rescued by Canadian
police.
General Upshaw, the assistant com.
missioner of Indian affairs, who has been
actively in charge of the bureau all
summer, says: Beck tells fragmen-
any attention to. He claims to have
been in the hands of the Sioux for a
dozen years; but the Indian agents have
been communicated with, and none of
them ever heard of him before"
0The records of the war department
show no engagement at the time men
toned, nor approximately thereto. There
was no uprising of the Ogallallahs then,
nor has there been any captures such as
Bill Beck mentions. 1t is q thin story
altogether. One of the gentlemen con-
nected with the Indian office, who saw
Beck when he came to the commissioner
with his story, says:
"He is homely old fellow, unkempt
and unprepossesslng in appearance, He
seems to be between iifty-hve and sixty
years of age. He told his romance and
said If me no get me back mine white
skin, den me go back nit mine red-skin,
Me like for to get mine white-skin, some
more, but me like redskin purity well,
too, neider." He did not seem to care
especially for his white wife, but thought
he'd just drop IN and see If she happened
to be within reach
Another gentleman who processes to
know still more about the case. upon
seeing the above telegram, said; Beck
is an old chestnut, but lie is stlll on the
fire, see. The fact is, no man could
. have been captured by Indians anywhere